Memphis Uke-N-Roll Jamboree April 23-26, 2020 (SAVE THE DATE!!)

Each Tuesday the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob meets at Central BBQ on Summer Ave. in Memphis . The weekly sing along is led by Pete McCarty (AKA Petey Mack) About 100 people of all ages show up with ukuleles and kazoos in hand to play and sing together. The all volunteer Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob also plays on occasion for the elderly, for sick children and even at some area Farmers Markets and festivals.

Memphis has a very rich music history and is the perfect place to hold a ukulele festival.

It was recently announced that the Memphis Uke-N-Roll Jamboree, a ukulele festival in Memphis, is being planned for April 23-26 2020. Save the date, more information is coming. YA’LL COME- https://memphisukenroll.com/

You’ve never been to a ukulele festival? Well click the VIDEO ABOVE to get an idea of what goes on. This video is from the Brown County Ukulele Festival in Brown County Indiana.

For more on the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob see

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/stjudemarathon2018
http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/memphisukuleleflashmob

FOR MORE ABOUT MEMPHIS SEE:

https://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/north-america/us/tn/memphis/why-memphis-is-the-hottest-southern-destination-of-2019--?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=January_Social&utm_content=TravelChannel_MemphisHotSouthernCity

https://www.memphistravel.com/

Frommer’s recently named Memphis a must see detination https://www.frommers.com/destinations/memphis

National Geographic named Memphis one of the top destinations in the world. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/tennessee/memphis/

Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob Entertains the Runners for St. Jude Marathon 2018

CLICK FOR VIDEO ABOVE~

The Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob entertained participants in the St. Jude Marathon on Sat. December 1st, 2018.

“The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the single largest one-day fundraising event for St. Jude. Every race course passes through the campus of St. Jude, one of the world's premier pediatric cancer research centers.”

“St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers. The hospital costs about $2.4 million a day to run, and there is no cost to the patient to be treated.” St. Jude Website

More about St. Jude @ https://www.stjude.org/

https://www.dailymemphian.com/article/1605/GALLERY-After-weather-delay-sun-shines-on-St-Jude-Memphis-Marathon-day

Previous Marathon post-

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/stjudemarathon2017

More about the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob can be found on facebook @ Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob.

Dylan Dunn Plays National Anthem

Dylan Dunn Plays National Anthem ~ Dunn opened up a pre-season Memphis Grizzlies NBA Basketball game with an electrified version of the National Anthem.

Bobby Rush: The Entertainer

http://memphismagazine.com/features/bobby-rush-entertainer/

A blues legend’s confessions carry decades of wisdom.

Jon Sparks and I partnered to put together this package together about Bobby Rush. Bobby is reflecting on his days on the Chitlin CIrcut, black history, civil rights, the music business and what he has learned from his friends over the years.

More at:

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/bobbyrushwinsgrammy

The Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob

The Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob is a ukulele club in Memphis, Tennessee that meets on Tuesday evenings at Central BBQ on Summer Ave between 6-8. The leader of the club is a colorful Memphis character named Pete McCarty, AKA Petey Mack. Everyone is welcome. We have members as young as 5 and visitors as old as 92. On occasion people passing through town stop in and play and sing along.

On occasion we get out in to the community to play for children, the elderly and parades.

Please refer to our Facebook page for current status. We meet most every week, but on occasion, we miss one for a variety of reasons.

While our weekly play-a-longs are free, we ask for voluntary donations and put any money raised towards a ukulele festival we hope to host in 2019.